Frigates. Seventeenth - Eighteenth centuries

Experiments to come up with a new type of warship led to
the development of the “galleried galleon” in the second
half of the sixteenth century.
However, this oar/sail-driven hybrid did not live up to its
promoter’s expectations due to the difficulty of housing the
oarsmen and guns on a single deck.
However this type of ship, conditioned by the demands of
oared propulsion, was particularly fast; it had excellent hydrodynamics
and the sheerless freeboard was not slowed by
a bow wind.
Once the oars had been removed from the design, new
innovations were introduced to the hull, leading to what
came to be known as the frigate, which was fully developed
during the eighteenth century.